The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday
The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday

Author: Kiley Dunbar

Publisher: Hera books Ltd

Published: 2021-05-05

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1912973472

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'A romantic book-filled treat' Heidi Swain, author of The Secret Seaside Escape The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café invites literature lovers to run their very own bookshop ... for a fortnight. Spend your days talking books with customers in your own charming bookshop and serving up delicious cream teas in the cosy café. Bookworms, what are you waiting for? Your holiday is going to be LIT(erary). Apply to: The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café, Down-a-long, Clove Lore, Devon. Jude Crawley should be on top of the world. She’s just graduated as a mature student, so can finally go public about her relationship with Philosophy professor, Mack. Until she sees Mack kissing another girl, and her dreams crumble. And worse, their dream holiday – running a tiny bookshop in the harbour village of Clove Lore for two weeks – is non-refundable. Throwing caution to the winds, Jude heads down to Devon, eager to immerse herself in literature and heal her broken heart. But there’s one problem – six foot tall, brooding (but gorgeous) Elliot, who’s also reserved the bookshop holiday for two weeks... As Jude and Elliot put their differences aside to run the bookshop, it seems that Jude might be falling in love with more than just words. Until she discovers what Elliot is running from – and why he’s hiding out in Clove Lore. Can Jude find her own happy ending in a tiny, tumbledown bookshop? Or is she about to find out that her bookish holiday might have an unexpected twist in the tale... The perfect cosy, romantic read for any bookworm! Fans of Jenny Colgan, Cressida McLaughlin and Philippa Ashley will love this feelgood romcom. Readers are loving their stay at The Borrow-A-Bookshop! ‘Every bookworm should read this book. It’s just delightful and my heart feels so happy!’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘Pure escapism...I highly recommend this book to totally get lost in’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘I really loved this story and was thoroughly charmed...the characters were interesting and fabulous’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘Emotional, fun, charming and delightful... I absolutely loved this book’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘Such a heartwarming and humorous read...I thoroughly recommend this book if you need a pick me up!’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘An enchanting and endearing story... Perfect romantic read!’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘I absolutely loved this book...This was the perfect escapism’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘This book is total holiday goals! ...A heartwarming, cosy, feel good romcom.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘The perfect summer read that leaves you wanting to feel the sand beneath your toes’ Reader Review ‘I loved this fun, uplifting feelgood book. It really made me smile’ Reader Review

One Summer's Night
One Summer's Night

Author: Kiley Dunbar

Publisher: Hera books Ltd

Published: 2019-03-06

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1912973022

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The path of true love never did run smooth...did it? Kelsey Anderson is stuck in a rut so big, she’ll need a 4-wheel drive to get out. She’s just been made redundant from her dead-end job, and boyfriend Fran is so busy climbing up the career ladder that he’s forgotten how to have fun. She needs to change her life – and fast. Stumbling across an advert for tour guides in Stratford-Upon-Avon seems like the perfect way to bring the sunshine back. In an impulsive move, she moves from her small Scottish village to Shakespeare’s birthplace, armed only with a suitcase and her battered copy of Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Kelsey quickly falls in love with the place, her job as a tourist guide allowing her to explore every inch of the picture-perfect town, from cosy cafes to the picturesque banks of the river. But it’s not just the town that captures her heart, as she finds herself torn between the actors Will and Jonathan who both vie for her affections. But will beautiful Peony, the lead actress at the Oklahoma theatre company where Jonathan is playing Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, play a role in keeping Kelsey and Jonathan apart? Or will flirtatious, charming Will, the fellow tour guide who has set his sights on Kelsey, keep the star-crossed lovers from finding their happy ending? A gorgeously uplifting, feel good romance that will captivate readers of Holly Martin, Cathy Bramley and Milly Johnson. Readers are loving One Summer’s Night: 'I absolutely loved this debut novel from Kiley Dunbar...I haven't enjoyed a book in this genre as much as this for a long time...I defy anyone not to be rooting for Kelsey and booking a mini-break to Stratford when they finish this book! (5 stars) Netgalley reviewer

The Beach Trap
The Beach Trap

Author: Ali Brady

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2022-06-14

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0593440153

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Two best friends torn apart by a life-altering secret. One summer to set the record straight. When twelve-year-olds Kat Steiner and Blake O’Neill meet at Camp Chickawah, they have an instant connection. But everything falls apart when they learn they’re not just best friends—they’re also half sisters. Confused and betrayed, the girls break off all contact. Fifteen years later, when their father dies suddenly, Kat and Blake discover he’s left them a joint inheritance: the family beach house in Destin, Florida. The two sisters are immediately at odds. Blake, who has recently been demoted from regular nanny to dog nanny, wants to sell the house, while social media influencer Kat is desperate to hold on to the place where she lived so many happy memories. Kat and Blake reluctantly join forces to renovate the dilapidated house, with the understanding that Kat will try to buy Blake out at the end of the summer. The women clash as Blake’s renovation plans conflict with Kat’s creative vision; meanwhile, each sister finds herself drawn into a summer romance. As the weeks pass, the two women realize the most difficult project they face this summer will be coming to grips with their shared past—and learning how to become sisters.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Author: Gabrielle Zevin

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2024-06-25

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0593466497

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Sam and Sadie—two college friends, often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before. "Delightful and absorbing." —The New York Times • "Utterly brilliant." —John Green One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, TIME, GoodReads, Oprah Daily From the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn’t heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won’t protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts. Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.

Christmas at the Borrow a Bookshop
Christmas at the Borrow a Bookshop

Author: Kiley Dunbar

Publisher: Hera books Ltd

Published: 2022-09-01

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1804369020

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'Tis the season for finding love... and the perfect book With just two weeks until Christmas, everything in Clove Lore should be perfect. But the latest holidaymaker to the Borrow a Bookshop is feeling far from festive... Icelandic ex-bookseller Magnús Sturluson might be surrounded by love stories in the Bookshop, but he’s nursing a sadness that not even fiction can fix. When Alexandra Robinson finds herself stranded in Clove Lore, she finds a safe place to hide from heartbreak. After all, all that’s waiting for her at home is a cheater boyfriend and the memories of her parents. As Alex finds herself embraced by the quirky village community, she finds her tough exterior thawing – and as she grows closer to Magnús, she finds an equally soft heart under his gruff shell. It seems that Clove Lore is working its magic once again – until a great flood on Christmas Eve brings devastation in its wake. It’s up to Magnús and Alex to batten down the hatches and help bring the village back together again, while also introducing the locals to the Icelandic tradition of the jólabókaflóð – Yule book flood – where families and friends gather on Christmas Eve to exchange books and read together. But can Magnús and Alex truly rescue the ruins of the village, and salvage their Christmas spirit? Or is there another complication lurking even closer than they thought? A totally uplifting read that will lighten the winter gloom, for fans of Jenny Colgan and Trisha Ashley. Booklovers will adore this seasonal treat! Readers are loving Christmas at the Borrow a Bookshop... ‘The best holiday for every bookworm...Warm, cosy and full of Christmas atmosphere.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘This was such a sweet and uplifting story. A story about instant connection, friendship, strength, hope, and love.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review ‘The perfect holiday read to curl up next to a fire with a cup of cocoa!’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review 'Absolutely adored this...Likeable characters and a wonderful storyline that I enjoyed! Add this book to your Christmas reads!’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review 'A perfect cozy read when the weather is cold and you just want to snuggle up with a sweet book! Loved it!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review ‘I read it in one sitting; couldn't seem to put it down!...An absolute joy.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review ‘Bookshops + Romance + Christmas...What more could you want out of a romance novel?! VERY sweet and VERY good.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review ‘A fabulous Christmas read, full of romance, friendships, community and family...Joyful Christmas escapism. Recommended’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reader Review

A New Chapter at the Borrow a Bookshop
A New Chapter at the Borrow a Bookshop

Author: Kiley Dunbar

Publisher: Hera books Ltd

Published: 2025-01-23

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1804364649

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Will her new love story be the one she's read before? A decade after they said goodbye after graduation, old friends Harri and Annie reunite in the beautiful village of Clove Lore in Devon – what more could these bookworms want than a holiday running the tumbledown bookshop? Unbeknownst to Annie, Harri is arriving with a bruised heart after the end of his long-term relationship, while Annie is running away from painful memories in Texas. Elsewhere in Clove Lore, the mysterious owner of Castle Lore has died, causing much gossip in the village. When Harri and Annie are sent to investigate the huge Gothic library, they find themselves locked in overnight and soon, are discovering their connection might be more than just good friends... A gorgeously uplifting friends-to-lovers romance that will make your heart sing. Fans of Jenny Colgan, Trisha Ashley and Heidi Swain will adore this. Readers can't get enough of the Borrow A Bookshop series: ‘This book is total holiday goals! ... A heartwarming, cosy, feelgood romcom.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘This book is like a warm hug on a cold and rainy day.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Each bookshop book has whisked me away to a beautiful place where books, comfort and love are paramount ... such a heartwarming book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘These books are uplifting, heartwarming, and heartbreaking at the same time’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Perfect if you are a book lover, love bookshops, or enjoy romcoms!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘A wonderful read which made me feel warm and gooey inside. Perfect for a pick-me-up’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review

Tuscan Holiday
Tuscan Holiday

Author: Holly Chamberlin

Publisher: Kensington

Published: 2021-03-30

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1496733258

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In this smart, tender, insightful novel, bestselling author Holly Chamberlin introduces two very different women who, over the course of two unforgettable weeks, learn about unbreakable bonds, unshakeable love, and the chances that come once in a lifetime--and change us forever... When Elizabeth Caldwell planned a trip to Florence with her daughter, Marina, she secretly hoped for a warm, fuzzy bonding experience worthy of a Lifetime movie. But Marina--twenty-one, newly graduated, and close to her mom in many ways--has always been more the PBS type: dependable, practical, and completely in control. Elizabeth knows Marina wants to avoid the kind of "stupid mistake" that left Elizabeth a single mother at twenty-two, and she's bitten her tongue as Marina settles for a wealthy fiancé who gives her everything, she thinks she wants. After all, Elizabeth--unable to bring herself to fully commit to the man she has dated for years--is hardly an expert in romance. Still, a lot can happen on vacation, especially in Tuscany, where every scent borne on the warm breeze inspires delight, and every view makes the heart soar. There, on streets once walked by Dante and Michaelangelo, Marina is blindsided by a gorgeous Italian named Luca who shows her how gloriously unpredictable passion can be. And Elizabeth finally lets go of the role that has defined her for so long to embrace her own uncertain future...

One Winter's Night
One Winter's Night

Author: Kiley Dunbar

Publisher: Hera books Ltd

Published: 2020-09-16

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1912973448

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Shortlisted for The Romantic Novelists' Association Romantic Comedy Novel Award 2021 A gorgeously uplifting, romantic read that will warm your heart - take a trip to Stratford-Upon-Avon in magical wintertime... It’s autumn in beautiful Stratford-Upon-Avon and Kelsey Anderson is enjoying her new life in her adopted town. Her Shakespearean tour guide days behind her, she’s now opened her own photography studio and loved up with boyfriend Jonathan – even if a long-distance relationship is sometimes lonely. When best friend Mirren Imrie moves down from Scotland, Kelsey is delighted to have her friend at her side – and as the nights turn colder, Mirren throws herself into dating, until she finds herself growing closer to sexy journalist, Adrian Armadale. But when Mirren uncovers a long-buried scandal while working at the local newspaper, her big scoop might throw Kelsey’s – and Jonathan’s – life upside down. Will she choose her career over her friends’ happiness? And when Jonathan returns from America and discovers the secrets Mirren has uncovered about his family, it throws his relationship with Kelsey onto shaky ground. Can they find their way back to love, before it becomes the winter of their discontent? A romantic, funny and feelgood read that will make you smile from ear to ear. Fans of Milly Johnson, Heidi Swain and Holly Martin will fall in love with this cosy winter read! Readers are loving Kiley's gorgeous, unputdownable new read... ‘WHAT A JOY!... This book is the perfect cosy winter read!’ Reader Review ‘the perfect feel-good book...I was left with that warm and fuzzy feeling.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘a lovely and heartwarming book that will make you swoon and fall in love.’ Reader Review ‘The characters really come alive through the story telling, I loved going on the journey with each one...a really lovely read.’ Reader Review ‘A cute, uplifting story that will warm your heart and put a smile on your face!... a feel good novel filled with characters and moments to be cherished’ Reader Review ‘I would recommend this as a feel good book to get you through the winter months’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘Full of great characters...I certainly recommend reading this one.’ Reader Review ‘Lovely plot... Very well described and you can just picture every detail of this novel. 5 stars are well earned.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘I would recommend this to anyone who loves a romantic, light-hearted read, one to just get yourself lost in for a little while.’ Reader Review ‘One cute little winter win!... If you're looking for a cute, Christmas romance, pick this one up!’ Reader Review ‘An uplifting and happy read... just what I needed! I will be looking for more of the author's books.’ Reader Review ‘This uplifting romantic book will take you to Stratford... The romantic, Shakespearean vibes will give you cozy, warm feelings.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘There’s love, heartbreaks, more romance, as well as family angst all included in this lovely book and not forgetting GIN! Absolutely a recommended read’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘two lovely romances, with some nice Christmassy atmosphere...The characters are great, and the story was a lovely way to relax for a few hours.’ Reader Review

Matchmaking at Port Willow
Matchmaking at Port Willow

Author: Kiley Dunbar

Publisher: Hera books Ltd

Published: 2021-09-16

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1912973790

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‘I absolutely fell in love with Port Willow and its gorgeous residents...Simply wonderful.' ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review Beatrice found love at Port Willow – now she’s helping others Since arriving in the Scottish Highlands village of Port Willow six months ago while nursing a broken heart, Beatrice Halliday has turned her life around. Now she’s running The Princess and the Pea Inn, madly in love with gorgeous boyfriend Atholl Fergusson, and welcoming visitors from around the globe. Life couldn’t be sweeter – until a surprise discovery threatens to turn her life upside down. Trying to distract herself, eternal romantic Beatrice sets her sights on rekindling the romance between an empty-nester couple holidaying at the Inn, while also trying to bring together city girl Nina, who’s hiding her pain behind a tough exterior, and Atholl’s handsome, easygoing cousin, Mutt. But as Beatrice is about to learn, sometimes the magic of Port Willow doesn’t work on everyone... A gorgeously uplifting read all about finding love and friendship, set in the beautiful Scottish countryside – fans of Jenny Colgan and Trisha Ashley will love this heartwarming, totally romantic read. Readers are falling in love with Matchmaking at Port Willow: ‘Stunningly warm and beautiful!...the literary equivalent of a hot cup of cocoa on a winter’s night.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review 'One of those books you don’t want to end...you will be transported to a little oasis of calm and romance.' ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘Be prepared to be drawn into the magic of Port Willow...a heart-wrenching but delightful read!' ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review 'A heartfelt, easy read that makes you want to keep reading on...Highly recommend.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review 'Fabulous...The story sure felt like a comforting hug.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review